Replica of Hans-Ulrich Rudel s Ribbon Bar

Hans-Ulrich Rudel's Ribbon Bar

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Hans-Ulrich Rudel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel in 1944
Nickname(s)	Eagle of the Eastern Front
Born	2 July 1916 Konradswaldau, German Empire
Died	18 December 1982 (aged 66) Rosenheim, West Germany
Buried at	Dornhausen, near Gunzenhausen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1936–45
Rank	Oberst (Colonel)
Unit	2.(F)/AufklGrp 121 StG 3, StG 2, SG 2
Commands held	III./StG 2, SG 2
Battles/wars	World War II Eastern Front Battle of Kursk
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Gold Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Other work	Writer, businessman, member of the German Reich Party

Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 – 18 December 1982) was a Stuka dive-bomber pilot during World War II. The most highly decorated German serviceman of the war, Rudel was one of only 27 military men to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, and the only person to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), Germany's third highest military decoration at the time and the highest degree of the Knight's Cross.[Note 1]

Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, 70 landing craft, nine aircraft, four armored trains, several bridges, a destroyer, two cruisers, and the Soviet battleship Marat.[1]